emails recovery

hi all,

I've formatted my hard drive without saving the old emails.

when the format process began, it had saved the old system files, such as program files folder and the old outlook express inside.

is there a way I can recover my emails based on these files?

is there a free program to do so?

thanks

Have a look here

http://www.piriform.com/docs/recuva/using-recuva/advanced-mode/recovering-deleted-emails'>http://www.piriform.com/docs/recuva/using-recuva/advanced-mode/recovering-deleted-emails

taken from the Recuva documentation

http://www.piriform.com/docs/recuva

Or you could try running Recuva with 'Scan for non-deleted files' checked and then attempt to find and recover the email databses, named C:\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{D0636883-E368-4823-9329-344ECAEC81BC}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx - or something like that.